Faster Means Harder

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What we have here is the earliest stage of the Holtzmann shield technology in Herbert's Dune. Now to see if warfare goes back to the days of melee weapons and elan!

More probable, perhaps, is a change toward superpowered harpoon or dart guns. Kevlar can stop bullets, yet knives and icepicks can penetrate it. It looks like this new substance has the same limitation.

The linked site refers to cornstartch and water. Mythbusters had a show where they used that to "walk on water". As long as they ran across the mixture they could "walk on water" however as soon as they stopped they would sink down.